Academy of Art University

I don't know what everyone is bitching about on here! This school and it's staff have been nothing but wonderful! I even get constant calls from my teachers to check up on me and tell me what a wonderful job I am doing. I have not had one issue. I am an online student going for my Masters Degree in 3D animation and Visual Effects. I have had more success now than going to my other College here in Florida. My teachers have worked in the field they are teaching and have showed me and helped with so many things. I highly recommend this school, it has been cheaper than my 4 year College I previously attended and I am learning more!
5 7 years ago (19-04-2018)

i study web design in this school. And it is easy to find a job in the bay area. The school is very practical And everything they teach is.what you will do in a real job.
5 7 years ago (16-05-2018)

My first time here was a pretty good experience. Checked in and then we went in a room with a few other actors to do our scene for the showcase. Afterwards we had a Q+A that was pretty informative. My only complaint is that is echo-y. One of the agents was coughing during some of the scenes and because of the acoustics it made it hard to hear what the actors were saying. Other than that the place is nice and clean. No complaints.
4 7 years ago (06-04-2018)

I really want to attend this university to finally make my dream come true to become a animator,producer or a directer or maybe all three!! but I really hope this is a good college to go to so please put in your opinion on this I am 15 now so I have plenty of time!!
3 7 years ago (07-05-2018)

Due to its private status and located at downtown San Francisco, the tuition fee is high, charged by class units. The school covers a broad breadth of art fields, from architecture to fashion design. Some majors have better instructors while some are not as deep. Although classes are expensive, but quite many classes is one hour instruction per class unit each week during regular semesters. The rest would be included lab times. If you live near or inside San Francisco, lab times are useful. If not or taking online classes, too bad. Admission isn't difficult at all, especially for undergraduate. Basically you apply and you get in. For master level, a little bit more difficult, but could be nearly as easy, depending on majors. Classes are small sized, usually less than 20 and often less than 10. However, three hour instruction time per week is short. Especially in many classes, instructors need to check students' progresses (duh, it is an art school, students got to make "something"), commenting and suggesting, sometimes more than half of instruction hours would be spent on that, leaving little time for new materials. Thesis-production is the fun part -- for graduate students. In many other school or fields, theses = papers, and quite often useless papers. At the Academy, it is about producing an art work that could impress the faculty enough to grant you the major and graduation. One could fail to pass the midpoint (thesis proposal) and final evaluation multiple times, before graduating. It is the most fun and challenging part of a graduate study experience there.
3 7 years ago (28-12-2017)